Southern Pacific - Train Symbols

Southern Pacific depot Southern Pacific station Southern Pacific freight house Southern Pacific depot Southern Pacific station

St. Louis Southwestern depot SSW depot Cotton Belt depot St. Louis Southwestern depot SSW depot Cotton Belt depot

Origin - Destination Symbols - * indicates through connection
AC	Acco CO	BA	Bay Area (Oakland CA TOFC)
AD	APL (Detroit MI)	BC	Barbours Cut TX
AI	Axial CO	BD	Bender TX
AL	Albina Yard (UP Portland OR	BG	Banning UT
AM	Alamosa CO	BI	Blue Island IL
AN	Anaheim CA	BK	Bakersfield CA
AP	Arapahoe CO	BL	Bloomington IL
AR	Acoo CO or Arenal TX	BM	Beckmann TX
AS	Alton & Southern (E. St. Louis MO)*	BN	Burlington Northern
AT	AT&SF (Santa Fe Railway)	BO	Bodine TX
AV	Avondale LA	BR	Belt Railway (Chicago IL)*
AY	Albany OR	BR	Brooklyn Yard (Portland OR)
AZ	Aztec AZ	BT	Beaumont TX
		BU	Black Butte CA or Burnham Yard IL
CA	Carlin NV	BV	Brownsville TX
CB	Carbondale CO	BY	Baytown TX
CC	Corpus Christi TX
CE	Cline TX	DA	Dallas TX (Miller Yard)
CG	Craig CO	DE	Deming NM
CH	Chicago IL	DG	Dragoon AZ
CI	City of Industry CA	DH	Dalhart TX
CK	Cherokee Power Plant (Denver CO)	DN	Denison TX
CL	Coleto Creek TX	DO	Dolores Yard CA
CM	Cameo CO	DR	Drake CO (Colorado Springs)
CN	California Northern (beets)*	DU	Dunsmuir CA
CN	Chicago & Northwestern*	DV	Denver CO
CP	Co-op UT (Acco Spur)	DY	Dayton TX
CQ	Cochise AZ
CR	Conrail (E. St. Louis MO)	EC	El Centro CA
CS	Castle Gate UT	EG	Eagle Pass TX
CV	Converse CO	EL	Elmendorf TX
CW	Caldwell TX	EM	Empire CO
CX	CSX (New Orleans LA)*	EN	Ennis TX
CY	Cyprus AZ	EP	El Paso TX
		ES	East St. Louis MO
FC	French Camp CA	EU	Eugene OR
FE	Fernley NV	EY	Energy CO
FO	Fort Ord CA
FR	Fresno CA	GA	Galveston TX
FW	Fort Worth TX	GF	New Gulf TX
		GJ	Grand Junction CO
HA	Hamilton City CA (CFNR Connection)	GK	Galena Park TX
HE	Hearne TX	GL	Glidden TX
HF	Hermosillo Mexico (NdeM; Ford Plant)	GM	Gemco Yard (Van Nuys CA)
HG	Harlingen TX	GR	Granite City IL
HM	Hammond TX	GT	Grand Trunk Western*
HN	Herington KS	GU	Guadalupe CA
HO	Houston TX (Englewood Yard)	GV	Geneva UT
HP	Helper UT
HU	Hutchinson KS	IC	Illinois Central*
		IL	Illmo MO
JA	Jansen Mine CO or Joint Agencies (K City MO)	IO	Ione CA
JR	James River (Portland OR)	IP	International Power (Delta UT)
JY	J Yard (Los Angeles CA)
		KA	Kaiser CA
LA	Los Angeles CA	KC	Kansas City KS
LB	Long Beach CA	KE	Kenedy TX
LD	Lordsburg NM	KF	Klamath Falls OR
LF	Lafayette LA	KI	King City CA
LH	Los Angeles Harbor (San Pedro CA)	KK	Keller CO
LU	Lufkin TX	KR	Kerr TX
LV	Lovelock NV	KT	Kaiser Terminal CA
LX	Port of Long Beach CA	KY	K Yard (Los Angeles CA)

MB	Mission Bay (San Francisco CA)	NA	Nacogdoches TX
ME	Medford OR (on CORP)	ND	Niland CA
MF	Memphis TN	NF	Norfolk Southern*
MG	Magma AZ	NG	Nogales AZ
MJ	Mojave CA	NN	Nixon CO
MN	Minturn CO	NO	New Orleans LA (Avon Yard)
MO	Moapa NV (UP; Nevada Power)	NP	North Platte NE (UP)*
MP	Missouri Pacific*	NS	Norfolk Southern (E. St. Louis MO)*
MV	Marysville CA	NT	North Texas TX
MY	Melendy TX
MZ	Martinez CA (Ozol Yard)	OA	Oakland CA
		OD	Oro Grande CA (UP)*
PA	Port Arthur TX	OG	Ogden UT
PB	Pine Bluff AR	OK	Oakridge CO
PC	Pacific Coast (express)	OX	Oxnard CA
PH	Phippsburg CO	OZ	Ozol CA
PI	Pittsburg TX
PM	Permanente CA	RB	Red Bluff CA (beets) or Roseburg OR (on CORP)
PO	Paonia CO	RC	Riverside Cement (Oro Grande CA)
PR	Provo UT	RI	Richmond CA
PS	Potash UT	RN	Rosenberg TX
PT	Portland OR	RO	Roper Yard (Salt Lake City UT)
PU	Pueblo CO	RV	Roseville CA
PX	Phoenix AZ
		TA	Trona Railroad CA*
SA	San Antonio TX	TC	Terror Creek CO
SE	Seattle WA (Burlington Northern)*	TH	Tehachapi CA or Thorne NV
SF	Springfield IL or Safford TX	TI	Tucumcari NM
SG	Saugert IL	TK	Texarkana TX
SH	Jessup KY	TN	Tenaha TX
SJ	San Jose CA	TP	Topeka KS
SK	Sparks NV	TR	Tracy CA or Terminal Railroad Association
SL	Soo Line (Kansas City MO)	TU	Tucson AZ
SN	Skyline Mine UT	TV	Tennessee Valley
SO	Southern (Norfolk Southern)	TX	Tenaha TX (Texas Eastman)
SP	Shreveport LA	TY	Tyler TX
SQ	San Luis Obispo CA
SR	Strang Yard (Houston TX)	UE	Ute CO
SS	Suisun City CA	UP	Union Pacific*
ST	Stockton CA
SU	Sunnyside UT	VA	Valla CO
SY	Salinas CA	VC	Vulcan UT
		VI	Victoria TX
WA	Wash UT	VL	Valmy NV
WC	West Colton CA	VV	Victorville CA (UP)*
WJ	Watsonville Junction CA
WL	Wendel CA	YA	Colo-Yampa CO (Energy CO)
WO	Woodland CA (CFNR)*	YU	Yuma AZ
WR	Wharton TX
WS	Warm Springs CA

Descriptive Designations
A	Autos	N	Non-expedited intermodal
B	Maintenance of way	O	Officer/Directors special
C	Unit Coal (loads or empties)	P	Paper / Potash
D	Detour	Q	Quality merchandise
E	Light helper engines	R	Road switcher
F	Forwarder (Fast manifest)	S	Unit sulfur
G	Unit grain (loads or empties)	T	Intermodal (TOFCs / COFCs)
H	Not used	U	Unspecified unit train
I	Interchange	V	Perishable loads
J	Joint operations	W	Work train
K	Hazardous materials	X	eXpress
L	Local	Y	Yard job
M	Manifest (Mixed merchandise)	Z	Light engine/ caboose hop